Fish-hook.



No. 639,355. Patented Dee. l9, I899.

H. S. BUTZ FISH nqok.

(Application filed Apr. 7, 1899.)

PATENT Fries.

HARRY S. BUTZ, .OF NORRISTOVN, PENNSYLVANIA.

FISH-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 639,355, dated December19, 1899.

Application filed April 7, 1899. Serial No. 712,084. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY S. BUTZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at Norristown, in the county of Montgomery and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Fish-Hook, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to fish-hooks, and it employs in its constructionan impaling-hook and a bait-hook, the latter controlling the operationof the former; and the object of the invention is to provide a simpleand effective device of the character specified wherein theimpaling-hook, which is spring-actuated, will be released when a fishnibbles on the bait upon the bait-hook, thereby preventing the fish fromescaping when the bait is consumed.

The device includes in its construction a case,impaling and baithooks,springs cooperative with and serving to operate the respectivehooks, a stop connected to and released on the motion of the bait-hookand adapted when at rest to secure the impalement-hook in its effectiveposition, and means operative with the bait-hook for holding the sameset. When the bait-hook is released, it serves to operate the stop towhich reference has been made, thereby freeing the impalement-hook, sothat the spring controlling the latter can operate it and thrust itthrough the gills of the fish or other part of the body, therebypreventing positively the escape of said fish.

With these ends in view the invention con sists in the novel combinationof elements and in the construction and arrangement of parts, which willbe hereinafter fully described and claimed.

To enable others to understand the invention, I have illustrated thepreferred embodiment thereof in the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, and in which c Figure 1 is a side elevationof a fish-hook constructed in accordance with myinvention and withportions of the casing removed and showing the stop in the positionoccupied thereby when holding the impalement-hook in its effectiveposition. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central sectional view of the same,showing the two hooks as released. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional planview, the section being taken just above the toggle. Fig. iis

a detail in side elevation of the toggle and the bolt or stop, and Figs.5 and 6 are detail views in elevation of the two hooks.

Like characters denote like and corresponding parts in each of theseveral figures of the drawings.

The appliance involves in its organization a carrier or casing which maybe of any suit- 'able construction, but which is represented asconsisting of a longitudinal tube 0, which serves to inclose theoperating-springs for the impalement and bait hooks and certain otherparts and the opposite ends of which are closed. One of the closed endsof the casing is provided with an eye or ring 2, adapted to receive theend of a line, and the case, with its inclosed parts, is sufficientlyheavy to avoid the necessity'of a separate sinker.

The bait-hook is denoted by 3 and the impalement-hook by 4 and theirshanks by 3 and 4', respectively, said shanks being disposed inparallelism and passing through guide openings or perforations in thelower closed end of the casing.

The wall 5 divides the casing into two separate compartments orchambers, in which the two shanks are located, and the operatingspringsfor the respective hooks are also located in these compartments.

The shank 4 terminates in the head 6 and is surrounded by the coiledspring 7, which bears against said head and also against the lowerclosed end of the casing, and the spring servesto supply the actuatingforce for shooting the impaling-hook upward, and the latter is held inits effective position by means of the stop 8, extending through anopening near the center of the dividing-wall 5 and adapted to be engagedby the head 6 when the spring 7 is compressed. When the stop or bolt 8is drawn back across the path of the head 6, the latter, andconsequently the book 4, willbe released, so that the coiled spring 7byrelaxing can elevate the impalement-hook. The bolt 8 is connected tothe arm 9 of a deadlock toggle, the complemental toggle-arm 10 beingpivoted to the projection 12 on the casing, and the pivot l3,whichunites the two toggle-links, is joined to the upper end of the shank 3.The coiled spring 14 is secured, re

spectively, to the upper closed end of the cas ICO ing and also to theshank 3 and serves as a means when the bait hook is released forbreaking the toggle, so as to draw back the stop or bolt 8 and releasethe impalementhook.

The shank 3 is provided near itslower end with the catch or projection15, adapted when the bait-hook is set to engage the under side of thelower closed end of the tubular casing. When a fish nibbles upon thebait upon the hook 3 and as he draws back, he will swing the shank 3 towhat is herein illustrated the right, thereby carrying the catch orprojection out of contact with the casing, and thereby release thebait-hook, so that it can be immediately forced upward by the power ofthe spring 14: and, as before stated, during this action thetoggle-links will be flexed and the stop 8 will be drawn back to freethe impalement-hook.

To set the device, the casing will be held at the upper end and the hook4. will be drawn downward the proper distance, after which the sameoperation will be repeated with respect to the hook 3, and when thelatter is in its proper position'the catch 15 will engage the casing, atwhich point the stop 8 will be in contact with the head or enlargement6.

The book 3 can then be baited and the appliance cast into the water.

y .Thepoint of the impalement-hook is made verysharp, and it extendsbeyond the point of the bait-hook, so that when the fish is taking thebait the point of said hook 4 will be located well under the gills,thereby insuring the proper operation oftheimpalement-hook when it isreleased.

The appliance constructed as hereinbefore described is exceedinglysimple and can be manufactured at a low cost, and it is quick inoperation, which is ofimportance in this class of articles, as themoment that a fish nibbles upon the bait and moves backward to thesmallest possible extent the impalement-hook is instantly released andserves to catch the Changes in the form, proportion, size, and the minordetails of construction within the scope of the appended claims may beresorted to Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of theadvantages of this invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. In a device ofthe class described, the combination with a casing, ofimpalement andbait hooks, a separate spring connected with each of said hooks, meansfor holding the bait-hook against the tendency of its spring, and meansconnected with the bait-hook for holding the impalement-hook against thetendency of its spring and adapted to release said spring when thebait-hook spring is re leased.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a casing, ofimpalement and bait hooks, a separate spring connected with each of saidhooks, a stop upon the bait-hook adapted to engage the casing-and holdsaid hook against the tendency of its spring, and movable meansconnected with the bait-hook for holding the impalen1ent-hook againstthe tendency of its spring and adapted to be drawn from its operativerelation thereto when the bait-hook stop is released from the casing.

3. In a device of the class specified, the combination with a case, ofimpalement and bait hooks, springs cooperative with the hooks, a stopadapted to lock the impalement-hook in its working position, a toggleconnected re spectively to the stop and to the bait-hook, and means forholding the bait-hook set, substantially as described.

at. In adevice of the class specified, the combination with a case, ofimpalement and bait hooks the shanks of which are disposed inparallelism in said case and the shank of the impalement having a head,a spring acting respectively against said head and the case,

a stop or bolt adapted to engage the head, a toggle connected with thestop and also with the case and connected also with the shank of thebait-hook, a spring united to the base and to the shank of thebait-hook, and a catch on said last-mentioned shank adapted to engagethe case thereby to hold said baithook set, substantially as described.

5. Iria device of the class specified, the combination with a casehaving closed ends and divided into two compartments, of impalement andbait hooks located in the respective compartments and the shanks ofwhich extend through openings in the closed lower end of the case, andthe shank of the bait-hook having a catch adapted to engage said caseand the shank of the impalement-hook having a head, a coiled springsurrounding the shank of the impalement-hook and bearing against thehead thereon, a wall dividing the case into two compartments, a stop orbolt projecting through an opening in said wall and adapted to beengaged by said head, a toggle connected respectively with the stop andthe case and also connected with the shank of the bait-hook, and asecond spring secured to said last-mentioned shank and also to the upperclosed end of the case, substantially as described.

6. In a device of the class specified, the combination with a case, ofimpalement and bait hooks, an impalement-hook-holding stop, and a toggleconnected respectively with said stop and with the bait-hook,substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HARRY S. BUTZ.

Witnesses:

O. S. SHEWE, GILBERT R. Fox.

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